diff --git a/src/api/endpoint/api/dist-tags.js b/src/api/endpoint/api/dist-tags.js
index 1a5baa027..436776e8d 100644
--- a/src/api/endpoint/api/dist-tags.js
+++ b/src/api/endpoint/api/dist-tags.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export default function(route: Router, auth: IAuth, storage: IStorageHandler) {
   route.get('/-/package/:package/dist-tags', can('access'), function(req: $RequestExtend, res: $ResponseExtend, next: $NextFunctionVer) {
     storage.getPackage({
       name: req.params.package,
+      uplinksLook: true,
       req,
       callback: function(err, info) {
         if (err) {
diff --git a/src/api/endpoint/api/package.js b/src/api/endpoint/api/package.js
index c5432b42d..c51bfd504 100644
--- a/src/api/endpoint/api/package.js
+++ b/src/api/endpoint/api/package.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export default function(route: Router, auth: IAuth, storage: IStorageHandler, co
 
     storage.getPackage({
       name: req.params.package,
+      uplinksLook: true,
       req,
       callback: getPackageMetaCallback,
     });
diff --git a/src/api/web/endpoint/package.js b/src/api/web/endpoint/package.js
index a9d721829..dd0ff7b5e 100644
--- a/src/api/web/endpoint/package.js
+++ b/src/api/web/endpoint/package.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ function addPackageWebApi(route: Router, storage: IStorageHandler, auth: IAuth)
 
     storage.getPackage({
       name: packageName,
+      uplinksLook: true,
       req,
       callback: function(err, info) {
         if (err) {
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ function addPackageWebApi(route: Router, storage: IStorageHandler, auth: IAuth)
 
     storage.getPackage({
       name: packageName,
+      uplinksLook: true,
       keepUpLinkData: true,
       req,
       callback: function(err: Error, info: $SidebarPackage) {
diff --git a/src/api/web/endpoint/search.js b/src/api/web/endpoint/search.js
index eca300172..b40780b56 100644
--- a/src/api/web/endpoint/search.js
+++ b/src/api/web/endpoint/search.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ function addSearchWebApi(route: Router, storage: IStorageHandler, auth: IAuth) {
     const getPackageInfo = function(i) {
       storage.getPackage({
         name: results[i].ref,
+        uplinksLook: false,
         callback: (err, entry) => {
           if (!err && entry) {
             auth.allow_access(entry.name, req.remote_user, function(err, allowed) {
diff --git a/src/lib/storage.js b/src/lib/storage.js
index 5c631685b..96c41fa2a 100644
--- a/src/lib/storage.js
+++ b/src/lib/storage.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { checkPackageLocal, publishPackage, checkPackageRemote, cleanUpLinksRef,
 import { setupUpLinks, updateVersionsHiddenUpLink } from './uplink-util';
 import { mergeVersions } from './metadata-utils';
 import { ErrorCode, normalizeDistTags, validateMetadata, isObject } from './utils';
-import type { IStorage, IProxy, IStorageHandler, ProxyList, StringValue } from '../../types';
+import type { IStorage, IProxy, IStorageHandler, ProxyList, StringValue, IGetPackageOptions, ISyncUplinks } from '../../types';
 import type { Versions, Package, Config, MergeTags, Version, DistFile, Callback, Logger } from '@verdaccio/types';
 import type { IReadTarball, IUploadTarball } from '@verdaccio/streams';
 import { hasProxyTo } from './config-utils';
@@ -263,14 +263,18 @@ class Storage implements IStorageHandler {
    * @property {boolean} options.keepUpLinkData keep up link info in package meta, last update, etc.
    * @property {function} options.callback Callback for receive data
    */
-  getPackage(options: any) {
+  getPackage(options: IGetPackageOptions) {
     this.localStorage.getPackageMetadata(options.name, (err, data) => {
       if (err && (!err.status || err.status >= HTTP_STATUS.INTERNAL_ERROR)) {
         // report internal errors right away
         return options.callback(err);
       }
 
-      this._syncUplinksMetadata(options.name, data, { req: options.req }, function getPackageSynUpLinksCallback(err, result: Package, uplinkErrors) {
+      this._syncUplinksMetadata(options.name, data, { req: options.req, uplinksLook: options.uplinksLook }, function getPackageSynUpLinksCallback(
+        err,
+        result: Package,
+        uplinkErrors
+      ) {
         if (err) {
           return options.callback(err);
         }
@@ -401,10 +405,11 @@ class Storage implements IStorageHandler {
    if package is available locally, it MUST be provided in pkginfo
    returns callback(err, result, uplink_errors)
    */
-  _syncUplinksMetadata(name: string, packageInfo: Package, options: any, callback: Callback): void {
+  _syncUplinksMetadata(name: string, packageInfo: Package, options: ISyncUplinks, callback: Callback): void {
     let exists = true;
     const self = this;
     const upLinks = [];
+    const hasToLookIntoUplinks = _.isNil(options.uplinksLook) || options.uplinksLook;
 
     if (!packageInfo || packageInfo === null) {
       exists = false;
@@ -412,7 +417,7 @@ class Storage implements IStorageHandler {
     }
 
     for (let uplink in this.uplinks) {
-      if (hasProxyTo(name, uplink, this.config.packages)) {
+      if (hasProxyTo(name, uplink, this.config.packages) && hasToLookIntoUplinks) {
         upLinks.push(this.uplinks[uplink]);
       }
     }
diff --git a/types/index.js b/types/index.js
index 796212d31..67ab5b013 100644
--- a/types/index.js
+++ b/types/index.js
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ export interface IStorage extends IBasicStorage {
   logger: Logger;
 }
 
+export type IGetPackageOptions = {
+  callback: Callback;
+  name: string;
+  keepUpLinkData: boolean;
+  uplinksLook: boolean;
+  req: any;
+}
+
+export type ISyncUplinks = {
+  uplinksLook?: boolean;
+  etag?: string;
+}
+
 export interface IStorageHandler extends IStorageManager {
   localStorage: IStorage;
   uplinks: ProxyList;